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Fresh

The Tomatometer is 60% or higher.

Rotten

The Tomatometer is 59% or lower.

Certified Fresh

Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75% or higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide-release movies, 40 for limited-release movies, 20 for TV shows), including 5 reviews from Top Critics.

Sadly this seems to have been forgotten by the general public and rarely gets talked about even when discussing the careers of the cast that includes Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh and the wonderful Martha Plimpton. Excellent cinematography, strong acting and an intense atmosphere all make this an extremely underrated film from the 1980s that sadly hasn't made its way onto DVD yet.

Supurb acting and a unique story line make this one of the best films of the 1980's. Compelling, mysterious, and engrossing. I was hooked from beginning to end. The final scene between Clayburgh and Plimpton is heartbreaking and brilliant!

SHY PEOPLE......Not sure why but this movie is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAddictive......like seen soooooooooo many but this one is just life and love and sadness all in one!!

I'm torn on this one. Some good performances and cool location shooting, but the exaggerated version of the south here makes me kind of uncomfortable. I mean, this is hardly "Deliverance," but at points it goes over the top and veers towards caricature.

I happily stumbled across this movie while playing sick from school one day. I've always loved anything with Martha Plimpton in it. Surprisingly, a really good watch. This movie takes you to a different world that most of us would never know, and to matters of the heart and family. I really enjoyed it.

Perhaps the best movie I have ever seen. Barbara Hershey gives a virtuoso performance as the passionate and surprisingly wise back-woods hillbilly mother. The cast is fantastic: Jill Clayburgh, Martha Plimpton, and the ever prolific but underappreciated Pruitt Taylor Vince. This is what independent film should be.